Improved lttbricating-journal



lllltitd Kmme' G. E. CLARKE AND EDWIN P. D1CKEY,O.E RACINE, v'vIsCoNsiN.l

Lemmi Patent No. 91,603, dated .nwe 22, i869.

` IMPROYED .LUBRICATING-J'QURNAL.

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`The Schedule referred 'to in theseLettex-s Patent and making part of the name.

To all lwhom. tt may conce/rn Be it known that we, G.E. CLARKE and EDWINP. DICKEY, ofthe city andeounty of Racine, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improve` ment in Self-Lubricating Axles; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this Specication, in which- Figure 1 is a side view ofthe wheel and axle.

Figure 2 is a sectional view in the line a: x, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference in each of the g'uresim.

dicate corresponding parts.

The nature of our invention consists in constructing a self-lubricating axle, whichrean be attached to the grain-wheel of a harvesting-machine, to the, trucks to hold the master-wheel of a horsepower, to the wheels of wagons and buggies, or,'in fact, to any wheel that runs, and be so compact as to keep out'the dust and dirt, and be easily constructed and operated.

A is the whe B, a standard to which the axle is attaehed,`with which to secure it, for any purpose that may be vitequired.

O, a bolt, which holds the axle to the standard B. D, the axle. M

E, the nut which holds the wheel tothe axle, and

sets in flush, so as to keep the dirt from working in,

`to interrupt the working of the axle.

F, the packing between the axle-Daad standard L, the lip on the a'xle D, lapping over the hub of'4 wheel A, to` ke'ep the dirt out of the wheel.

Operation.

Put the axle together as shown. Pour oil into the opening H, which will be taken up by the Wastey on the inside of the axle, and will weep through to the opposite side of the axle, and keep 'the wheel and axle self-lubricated, and keep all dirt from the wheel and axle.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-V Standard B, bolt G, hollow axle D, nut E, packing F, holes .H and I, and ilange L, constructed and arranged substantially as described.

Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, W. M. HoWsoN. 

